In the city of Aleksin, Tula region, at the Republican educational and training base "OKA" the opening of the All-Russian sports competitions in sports for persons with a defeat of the ODA "Summer Games of Paralympians "We are together sports" discipline - boccia. The competition will take place from 1 by 7 October. 78 athletes with disabilities from 23 regions of Russia, will fight for the title of the best.
Competition program: individual BC1, BC2, ВСЗ, ВС4 (divided into men and women); BC1 / BC2 command; couples VSZ; pairs ВС4.
The national team of the Nizhny Novgorod region is represented by three athletes with musculoskeletal disorders in their classes: BC2 – Volgin Nikolai and Rechkina Yulia; BC3 – Konovalov Ivan. The guys will play with Russia's strongest opponents. They will fight for it on the courts and gain a lot of experience playing.
Boccia is the most accessible sport for people with disabilities, interesting and dynamic game, which develops accuracy, Attention, quick thinking. Boccia - fighting yourself, because it is necessary to show, that it was not in vain that you came to the meeting of the strongest.
Thanks to boccia, the guys have the opportunity to make new friends, feel the joy of communication and express yourself.
Good luck and success to the athletes!
Always go ahead and never give up!